Which to use
“découvert” and “découverts” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,590
- “découvert” frequency rank
- #10,489
- “découverts” frequency rank
- 12079
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | découvert | découverts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui n’est pas couvert. | Masculin pluriel de découvert. |
Same sound, different letters: découvert vs découverts
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. découvert runs 9 letters (CVCVVCVCC) against découverts's 10 (CVCVVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - découvert / découverts
This is the hard kind. découvert and découverts are pronounced identically (\de.ku.vɛʁ\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “découvert” sits inside “découverts”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12079, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
découvert is recorded at frequency rank #1,590, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.ku.vɛʁ\. découverts is at rank #10,489, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.ku.vɛʁ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 12079, this pair ranks #406,677 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of découvert vs découverts
Shared letters: cdeortuvé. Private to "découvert": -. Private to "découverts": s.
"découvert" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCC · "découverts" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCVCCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "découvert" and "découverts" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "découvert" or "découverts" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "découvert" / "découverts". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "découvert" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "découverts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #406,677 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "découvert" and "découverts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "découverts vs découvres". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #406,677 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.